TIME TO RESIGN / WE CAN NOT ALLOW A PRESIDENT TO CONTINUE IN OFFICE AFTER HE WORKED HAND IN GLOVE WITH A FOREIGN POWER TO GET ELECTED. THIS WILL NOT STAND.

All those
“unverified” allegations about Trump and Russia you’ve been hearing since the
dog days of the campaign? Well, they’re becoming more and more verified by the
hour. On Valentine’s day, just a day after Michael Flynn’s resignation, a
bombshell New York Times story
reported that U.S. intelligence sources have confirmed that members of Donald
Trump’s campaign were in close contact with the Russian intelligence officials
during the campaign.

To
be clear: U.S. intelligence officials had already confirmed months ago that the
Russian government did interfered in our election in order to help Donald Trump
win. But now, we have confirmed evidence that senior Trump aides were “constant
communication” with the same Russian actors that were trying to tilt election
in Trump’s favor.

Confused?

We
don’t blame you.

Here’s a brief
timeline showing

who knew what and when:

Jan. 6: Then
President-Elect Trump was briefed on alleged contacts between campaign
officials and Russians.

Jan 12:The Washington Post first reported the
call between Michael Flynn and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak on December
29th, the day the Obama administration announced actions against Russia in
response to the DNC hacking.

Feb. 14: Head of US Special
Operations Command said the US government is in "unbelievable
turmoil," a situation that he suggested could undermine US efforts to
fight adversaries such as ISIS. News breaks alleging high-level contacts
between Trump team and Russian intel officers during the campaign.

Despite
having been briefed on the matter, Trump continues to dismiss the situation as
“fake news.”

Only
an independent, bipartisan investigation will ensure we get the facts about
connections between the Trump team and Russia.

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